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Galliford Try (GFRD) Competitors

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GBX 514 -25.00 (-4.64%)
As of 10/17/2025 12:49 PM Eastern

GFRD vs. HILS, KLR, KIE, KINO, RNWH, COST, PTSG, SFR, CTO, and SMJ

Should you be buying Galliford Try stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galliford Try include Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Kinovo (KINO), Renew (RNWH), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), and J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC (SMJ). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

Galliford Try vs. Its Competitors

Galliford Try (LON:GFRD) and Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Galliford Try has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

50.2% of Galliford Try shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Galliford Try shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Galliford Try pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Galliford Try pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hill & Smith pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Galliford Try currently has a consensus target price of GBX 527.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.63%. Hill & Smith has a consensus target price of GBX 2,637.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.03%. Given Hill & Smith's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hill & Smith is more favorable than Galliford Try.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Galliford Try
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Hill & Smith
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Galliford Try had 1 more articles in the media than Hill & Smith. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Galliford Try and 2 mentions for Hill & Smith. Hill & Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Galliford Try's score of 0.34 indicating that Hill & Smith is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Galliford Try
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Hill & Smith
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hill & Smith has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Galliford Try. Galliford Try is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hill & Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Galliford Try£1.88B0.27£34.53M£0.321,596.27
Hill & Smith£864M1.91£77.07M£0.992,072.43

Hill & Smith has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Galliford Try's net margin of 2.04%. Galliford Try's return on equity of 32.22% beat Hill & Smith's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Galliford Try2.04% 32.22% 2.22%
Hill & Smith 9.23%17.39%10.01%

Summary

Hill & Smith beats Galliford Try on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GFRD vs. The Competition

MetricGalliford TryEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£505.12M£2.93B£7.79B£2.57B
Dividend Yield3.53%3.42%4.59%5.37%
P/E Ratio1,596.27298.70284.164,242.54
Price / Sales0.2778.331,246.8599,406.89
Price / Cash0.7814.6127.7427.90
Price / Book4.373.154.798.11
Net Income£34.53M£82.90M£790.12M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.47%0.26%0.10%-0.62%
1 Month Performance3.01%3.42%1.19%0.73%
1 Year Performance38.92%59.61%26.51%128.71%

Galliford Try Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFRD
Galliford Try
1.6482 of 5 stars
GBX 514
-4.6%
GBX 527.50
+2.6%
+38.9%£505.12M£1.88B1,596.273,922
HILS
Hill & Smith
2.7018 of 5 stars
GBX 2,105
+0.7%
GBX 2,637.50
+25.3%
+0.5%£1.68B£864M2,117.714,336
KLR
Keller Group
2.8394 of 5 stars
GBX 1,550
-0.1%
GBX 1,780
+14.8%
-10.2%£1.09B£2.95B814.089,500News Coverage
Insider Trade
KIE
Kier Group
2.1626 of 5 stars
GBX 227.96
-1.5%
GBX 240
+5.3%
+49.1%£990.25M£4.08B1,883.9710,286
KINO
Kinovo
N/AGBX 1,195
flat
GBX 95
-92.1%
+1,738.5%£757.16M£63.37M-628,947.37203
RNWH
Renew
2.3175 of 5 stars
GBX 940.66
+0.1%
GBX 1,283.33
+36.4%
-17.0%£744.60M£1.08B1,646.234,361Dividend Increase
COST
Costain Group
2.4723 of 5 stars
GBX 151.40
+0.9%
GBX 168.33
+11.2%
+46.3%£403.64M£1.14B1,316.523,270Gap Up
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 29.40
+0.7%
N/A-64.3%£86.81M£450.91M-630.901,900News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Gap Down
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
SMJ
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/A+2.0%£50.50M£22.44M3,233.83152

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This page (LON:GFRD) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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